Soundblaster 32 pnp kills ethernet card

[Jim Worthington <jworthington@worldnet.att.net>]

I have a SoundBlaster 32 pnp audio card.  When this card is installed,
my 3Com 3C509B ethernet card is not recognized by Linux at boot time.

The 3C509B is also a pnp device, but pnp is turned off and the card is
manually configured.  There aren't any interrupt or I/O conflicts that I
can identify.  I tried changing both of these settings on the 3COM
card.  It made no difference.

Any ideas as to what's going on?

What is the current level of pnp support by Linux?

Any work arounds?

Jim <jworthington@worldnet.att.net>